The Man from Snowy River is an Australian adventure drama television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga.
The series follows the adventures of Matt McGregor (Andrew Clarke), a successful Australian rancher, and his family. Matt is the hero immortalised in Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River", and the series is set 25 years after his famous ride. Patterson's poem was also the basis for two films The Man from Snowy River, and The Man from Snowy River II.
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Synopsis
During the late 1800s, widower Matt McGregor, his adult sons Collin and Rob, and adolescent daughter Danni, live and work on their cattle ranch named 'Langara'. Widow Kathleen O'Neil and her young son Michael live on a nearby smaller property. To earn needed money, Kathleen teaches school and runs the local newspaper. Matt and Kathleen eventually wed.
Wealthy and unscrupulous Oliver Blackwood, along with Matt's bitter nephew Luke, habitually cause trouble for the McGregors.
Cast
Stars and guest stars of the series included notable and future notable actors.
Main
Andrew Clarke as Matt McGregor
Brett Climo as Colin McGregor
Wendy Hughes as Kathleen O'Neill/McGregor
Guy Pearce as Rob McGregor
Sheryl Munks as Emily McGregor
Josh Lucas as Luke McGregor
Ben Geurens as Michael O'Neil
Jon Finlayson as James Gleeson
Regular
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick as Montana Hale
Rodney Bell as Frank Blackwood
International distribution
When the series was distributed to some countries, the title was changed for various reasons.
The series was aired on The Family Channel in the US, BBC Two in the UK, and WIC-owned and independent stations in Canada.
Episodes
Video releases
On 27 June 1995, the pilot was released on VHS
On 5 March 2002, a number of single episode videos were released on VHS. These include episodes "New Business", "Grand Opening", "Black Sheep", "Comeback", "The Grand Duke", and "Prince of Hearts"
In 2003, a region 1 DVD of the series pilot was released.
In 2004, season 4 was released as a 3 disk set, this time in region 4. This was followed by season 1 (3 disks) and season 2 (4 disks) in 2005, and season 3 (4 disks) in 2006.
On 25 January 2005, three 2-episode DVDs from the series were released in region 1. These episodes were the same as they had previously released on VHS.
In 2006, a 3-episode DVD was released in region 1, containing episodes previously released on VHS and DVD. In early 2007, a second DVD was released containing the remaining three previously released episodes. Later in 2007, a third DVD was released. Though the DVD case misreports two of the episodes as titles from the previous release, the actual contents are three never-before released episodes.
The DVD case erroneously reports the episodes as "Foundation Day", "The Grand Duke", and "New Business".
In 2008, all three of their previous DVDs was released as a set. The package contained one DVD case for "There was more than one wild west!" and a new double DVD case for the other two. The erroneous episode information for the third volume was corrected on the box and the double DVD case.
In 2010, a combined 2-DVD package was released containing the last two DVDs (Adventure in the Australian Outback and A Different Breed of Cowboy).
In 2010, the entire series was released for region 4, commemorating the 120th anniversary of the poem.
